PROTECTION
The government demonstrated some efforts to assist victims. Lithuanian courts officially identified 30 trafficking victims, compared with 15 in 2013. Authorities identified 47 potential victims from investigations started in 2014, the same as in 2013. NGOs receiving a mix of public and private funding provided support to 133

trafficking victims and at-risk individuals in 2014, compared to 129 individuals in 2013. Although the government had official procedures to identify trafficking victims among vulnerable populations—such as women in prostitution, street children, and undocumented migrants—observers reported these procedures were not effective in practice. Observers also reported authorities did not consistently refer identified victims to care facilities for assistance in all parts of the country. The central government provided NGOs 149,400 litas ($50,900) for victim assistance programs, the same amount as the previous year. However, experts reported NGOs needed to resort to private funding to prevent a reduction in their victim care activities. Government- funded NGOs offered female trafficking victims shelter, medical and psychological assistance, and legal aid. Government-funded men’s crisis centers had the capacity to provide assistance, to include finding shelter, though not all police officers were aware of this service.The government did not ensure the provision of specialized care for child trafficking victims, as authorities placed child victims in foster homes and mixed-use shelters.
The government offered foreign victims of trafficking a 30-day reflection period to decide whether to cooperate with law enforcement. Foreign victims cooperating with law enforcement could receive temporary residency. Authorities did not identify any foreign victims in 2014. Lithuanian law permits authorities to use video conferencing and other technologies in the courtroom, which could be used to prevent re-traumatization of trafficking victims, but courts still had limited technical capabilities.The government provided legal representation to victims; however, observers reported the attorneys were not trained on trafficking issues and frequently lost victims’ civil cases in court. The government took steps to prevent victims from being punished for crimes committed as a direct result of their being subjected to trafficking. In one case, the Supreme Court exonerated a child trafficking victim who had been prosecuted for using illegal drugs with his traffickers while waiting for a planned police raid.

PREVENTION
The government continued some prevention efforts. The government continued to lack an official interagency task force to coordinate whole-of-government efforts, including developing and adequately funding prevention activities. However, a working group established by the General Prosecutor’s Office met five times during the year to develop standards to identify victims and best practices for investigations. Government action to prevent the sex trafficking of boys and girls in orphanages was limited, though in March the Ministry of Social Affairs announced a plan to deinstitutionalize children in protective custody. The government sponsored informational seminars for social workers and presentations at institutions providing social services, such as foster homes and high schools. The police advertised and managed an e-mail account that the public could use to report potential human trafficking situations and ask for advice; the police received approximately 50 messages during the reporting period. The government provided anti-trafficking training or guidance for its diplomatic personnel.The Lithuanian government made some efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex.

LUXEMBOURG: Tier 1 
Luxembourg is a destination country for men, women, and

children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. Victims of sex trafficking from Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America are exploited in prostitution in cabarets, private apartments, and on the street. Forced labor, sometimes involving Chinese or Eastern or Southern European men, women, and children, occurs in various sectors, including restaurants and construction.Traffickers reportedly transport an unknown number of Romani children from neighboring countries for forced begging in Luxembourg. Groups vulnerable to trafficking include migrant workers in domestic work, catering, construction, and begging, as well as unaccompanied foreign children, and people in Luxembourg’s legal and illegal sex trade. Several police officers have been accused of pimping crimes in recent years.
The Government of Luxembourg fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government strengthened regulations related to victim assistance, increased awareness raising and prevention efforts, and funded anti- trafficking training. However, authorities continued to issue short and suspended sentences to traffickers and did not formalize a national referral mechanism on identification of, and provision of assistance to, trafficking victims.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LUXEMBOURG:
Vigorously prosecute, convict, and sentence labor and sex traffickers, including complicit officials, with sufficiently stringent prison sentences; finalize the national referral mechanism to guide front-line responders in how to proactively identify all types of trafficking victims and refer them to available services and protection; revise the trafficking law, including Art. 382-1, to clarify that force, fraud, or coercion are core elements of the crime of trafficking of adults; train law enforcement that subjecting a child to prostitution constitutes a trafficking offense; implement the planned national campaign to raise awareness of forced labor, sex trafficking, and the demand for human trafficking; establish a hotline with operators trained to assist victims; allow non-EU trafficking victims access to Luxembourg’s labor market; provide adequate resources to law enforcement and government officials to proactively assist victims and identify labor and sex trafficking cases; and work collaboratively with the national rapporteur to critically assess efforts and make recommendations to improve the government’s response to human trafficking.

PROSECUTION
The government demonstrated progress in holding traffickers accountable with prison time. Luxembourg prohibits all forms of both sex and labor trafficking through Articles 382-1 and 382-2 of the criminal code, although Article 382-1 is overly broad and could be used to prosecute non-trafficking cases, as force, fraud, and coercion are aggravating factors that increase penalties rather than a means to commit the offense. In April 2014, the government passed legislation that explicitly prohibits forced begging and the sale of children. The prescribed penalties for trafficking offenses range from three to 10 years’ imprisonment for adult trafficking and 10 to 20 years’ imprisonment for child trafficking. These